Editor’s note: This story first appeared in Community News.
Eugenia Allderdice recalls the day she came home to find an “enormous” water bill waiting for her less than 12 hours before she and her husband were scheduled to fly out of the country.
The Signal Mountain woman immediately called the town’s water utility department, and the customer service operator promised to send someone the following day to look for a leak. When Allderdice explained that she would be overseas, the operator surprised her by accelerating the timetable and sending someone to her location right then.
Walden’s Ridge Utility District, which is headquartered on Signal Mountain. (Staff photo by Myron Madden)“That’s what being local is,” said Allderdice, co-chair of Signal Mountain citizen advocacy group “Be Vocal. Choose Local.”
She and the fellow residents who make up the 25-member committee are urging Signal Mountain Town Council members to keep that message in mind as they plan their next steps for the future of the town’s water system.